Breitmann In Holland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADAD AEFGHIJI CKLKCKMK NKCKOPAP KOOOAJOJ OOOCAEOE CJOJAHCO KAKAPAAA KJKJOJAJ JJOAKAGA OKOKAAOA AAAAACKC PAPAKCACTo Amsterd m came Breitmann | A |
All in de Kermes tide | B |
Yonge Maegden allegader | C |
Filled de straat on afery side | B |
De meisjes in de straaten | A |
Vere tantzin alle nacht long | D |
Dere vas kissen dere vas trinken | A |
Mit a roar of Holland song | D |
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Who went into de straaten | A |
Ven de sonn had gone his day | E |
De Dootch gals quickly grapped him | F |
Und tantzed him wild avay | G |
Dere was der Prinz von Capua | H |
Who fell among dese wags | I |
Dey tantzed him off in a carmagnole | J |
Und sent him home in rags | I |
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Und den at afery gorner | C |
So peaudifool to see | K |
De volk vas bilin dough nuts | L |
Or else vas fryin tea | K |
Und Kermes cakes mit boetry | C |
Vitch land volk dinks a dreat | K |
Mit all of Barnum's blayed out shows | M |
In dents along de shdreet | K |
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Id pring de tears to Breitmann's eyes | N |
To find in many a shtand | K |
Vot oft he'd baid a quarder for | C |
To see in a distand land | K |
De Aztec dwins und de Siamese | O |
Dough soom vere a wachsen sham | P |
Mit de Beardet Frau und de Bear Woman | A |
All here in Amsterdam | P |
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De fashion here in Nederland | K |
Ish not vot you'd soopose | O |
Mit oos men bays de vomens | O |
Boot de Dootch gals hires deir beaux | O |
Dey hire dem for de season | A |
Und because moosh rain ish fell | J |
Dey alvays bays a higher brice | O |
For a man mit an umberell | J |
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Und dere vas Nord Hollander maids | O |
So woonderfool to see | O |
Mit caps of gold und goldne pins | O |
Und quaint orf verie | C |
Likewise de Zeeland Boersmen | A |
Mit silber bootons gay | E |
Und silber belts und silber knives | O |
Mijn Gott how sdrange vere dey | E |
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But dough de men wore silber gear | C |
Und de vrouws in gold were tall | J |
De gals vere gabblin all de dimes | O |
Und de men said noding at all | J |
Dey say dat sbeech is silbern | A |
Boot silence golden pe | H |
Dat aint de vay dey vork id here | C |
Said Breitemann said he | O |
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Goot Gott how Breitmann vent it | K |
In moonlighdt or in rain | A |
Den vakened to Schied m it | K |
Ven de mornin peamed again | A |
For to solfe von awfool broplem | P |
He vas efer shdill incline | A |
If den wijn is beter als de min | A |
Or de min doet veel meer als de wijn | A |
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Dwo weeks der Breitmann studiet | K |
Vile he vent it on de howl | J |
He shpree so moosh to find de troot | K |
Dat he lookt like a bi led owl | J |
Den he say Ik wil honor Bacchus | O |
So long as ik leven shall | J |
Boot not so moosh vercieren | A |
As to blace him ofer all | J |
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De rose of lofe is lofely | J |
In zomer ven it plow | J |
De bush shdill gifes a bromise | O |
In winter mid de shnow | A |
Ja als de bloeme is geplukt | K |
En van den steel genomen | A |
Ve know de peautiful vill life | G |
Till zomer is gekomen | A |
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Boot oh dose vas arch heafenly dimes | O |
Ven by mine lofe I sat | K |
Und see de maedchen pring de grapes | O |
Und crash dem in a vat | K |
Und ven her glances unto mine | A |
In plessfool ropture toorn | A |
I dink dere ne'er vas no dwo crapes | O |
Like dem plue eyes of hern | A |
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Wat is soeter als de trinken | A |
Ja niet kan beter zyn | A |
Niet is soeter as de minne | A |
It smackt nog beter als wijn | A |
Es giebt nichts wie die M dchen | A |
Es gibt nichts wie das Bier | C |
Wer liebt nicht alle beide | K |
Wird gar kein Cavalier | C |
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O vot ve vant to quickest come | P |
Ish dat vot's soonest gone | A |
Dis life ish boot a passin from | P |
de efer gomin on | A |
De gloser dat ve looks ad id | K |
De shmaller it ish grow | C |
Who goats und spurs mit lofe und wein | A |
He makes it fastest go | C |
Charles G. Leland
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